Isaiah 37:35

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will defend this city and rescue itfor my sakeand for the sake of my servant David.”

Hebrew Names Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

King James Version
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

English Standard Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."

New American Standard Bible
'For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'"

New Century Version
‘I will defend and save this city for my sake and for David, my servant.'"

Amplified Bible
'For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.'"

World English Bible
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, & for my seruant Dauids sake.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Indeed I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"

Berean Standard Bible
I will defend this city and rescue it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.'"

Contemporary English Version
I will protect it for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.

Complete Jewish Bible
‘For I will defend this city and save it, both for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.' "

Darby Translation
And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will protect this city and save it. I will do this for myself and for my servant David."

George Lamsa Translation
For I will defend this city and save it for my own sake and for my servant Davids sake.

Good News Translation
I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.'"

Lexham English Bible
‘And I will defend this city, to save it for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.'"

Literal Translation
For I will defend over this city to save it, for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I wil kepe and saue the citie (saieth he) for myne owne, & for my seruaunte Dauids sake.

American Standard Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Bible in Basic English
For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'

King James Version (1611)
For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll kepe and saue this citie [saith he] for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

English Revised Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal defende this citee, that Y saue it, for me, and for Dauid, my seruaunt.

Update Bible Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my slave David's sake.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I will defend this city, to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

New English Translation
I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"

New King James Version
"For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake."'

New Living Translation
‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.'"

New Life Bible
‘For I will fight for this city to save it for My own good, and for the good of My servant David.'"

New Revised Standard
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus will I throw a covering over this city to save it, - For mine own sake, And for the sake of David my servant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

Revised Standard Version
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."

Young's Literal Translation
And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"

Contextual Overview

²¹Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this word to Hezekiah: " God 's Message, the God of Israel: Because you brought King Sennacherib of Assyria to me in prayer, here is my answer, God 's answer: "‘She has no use for you, Sennacherib, nothing but contempt, this virgin daughter Zion. She spits at you and turns on her heel, this daughter Jerusalem. "‘Who do you think you've been mocking and reviling all these years? Who do you think you've been jeering and treating with such utter contempt All these years? The Holy of Israel! You've used your servants to mock the Master. You've bragged, "With my fleet of chariots I've gone to the highest mountain ranges, penetrated the far reaches of Lebanon, Chopped down its giant cedars, its finest cypresses. I conquered its highest peak, explored its deepest forest. I dug wells and drank my fill. I emptied the famous rivers of Egypt with one kick of my foot. ²⁶"‘Haven't you gotten the news that I've been behind this all along? This is a longstanding plan of mine and I'm just now making it happen, using you to devastate strong cities, turning them into piles of rubble and leaving their citizens helpless, bewildered, and confused, drooping like unwatered plants, stunted like withered seedlings. ²⁸"‘I know all about your pretentious poses, your officious comings and goings, and, yes, the tantrums you throw against me. Because of all your wild raging against me, your unbridled arrogance that I keep hearing of, I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I'll show you who's boss. I'll turn you around and take you back to where you came from. ³⁰"‘And this, Hezekiah, will be your confirming sign: This year's crops will be slim pickings, and next year it won't be much better. But in three years, farming will be back to normal, with regular sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting. What's left of the people of Judah will put down roots and make a new start. The people left in Jerusalem will get moving again. Mount Zion survivors will take hold again. The zeal of God -of-the-Angel-Armies will do all this.' ³³"Finally, this is God 's verdict on the king of Assyria: "‘Don't worry, he won't enter this city, won't let loose a single arrow, Won't brandish so much as one shield, let alone build a siege ramp against it. He'll go back the same way he came. He won't set a foot in this city. God 's Decree. I've got my hand on this city to save it, Save it for my very own sake, but also for the sake of my David dynasty.'" ³⁶Then the Angel of God arrived and struck the Assyrian camp—185,000 Assyrians died. By the time the sun came up, they were all dead—an army of corpses! Sennacherib, king of Assyria, got out of there fast, back home to Nineveh. As he was worshiping in the sanctuary of his god Nisroch, he was murdered by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer. They escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon became the next king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Isaiah 31:5, Isaiah 38:6, 2 Kings 20:6

for mine: Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 48:9-11, Deuteronomy 32:27, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 36:22, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:14

and for: 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 15:4, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 30:9, Jeremiah 33:15, Jeremiah 33:16, Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 37:25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:12 - The beloved 1 Samuel 12:22 - for his great 2 Samuel 7:15 - as I took 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will 2 Kings 8:19 - for David 2 Kings 11:2 - they hid him 1 Chronicles 17:19 - thy servant's Psalms 20:2 - out Psalms 25:2 - let not Psalms 46:4 - city Psalms 76:3 - There Psalms 129:5 - be confounded Isaiah 4:5 - all the glory Isaiah 7:2 - the house Isaiah 10:27 - because Isaiah 31:4 - so shall Isaiah 31:8 - shall the Isaiah 43:12 - declared Jeremiah 4:10 - Ye shall have Ezekiel 36:21 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 31:43
Laban defended himself: "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flock is my flock—everything you see is mine. But what can I do about my daughters or for the children they've had? So let's settle things between us, make a covenant—God will be the witness between us."

Genesis 37:29
Later Reuben came back and went to the cistern—no Joseph! He ripped his clothes in despair. Beside himself, he went to his brothers. "The boy's gone! What am I going to do!"

Genesis 37:31
They took Joseph's coat, butchered a goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. They took the fancy coat back to their father and said, "We found this. Look it over—do you think this is your son's coat?"

Genesis 42:38
But Jacob refused. "My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead and he is all I have left. If something bad happens to him on the road, you'll put my gray, sorrowing head in the grave."

Job 2:11
Three of Job's friends heard of all the trouble that had fallen on him. Each traveled from his own country—Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuhah, Zophar from Naamath—and went together to Job to keep him company and comfort him. When they first caught sight of him, they couldn't believe what they saw—they hardly recognized him! They cried out in lament, ripped their robes, and dumped dirt on their heads as a sign of their grief. Then they sat with him on the ground. Seven days and nights they sat there without saying a word. They could see how rotten he felt, how deeply he was suffering.

Psalms 77:2
I found myself in trouble and went looking for my Lord; my life was an open wound that wouldn't heal. When friends said, "Everything will turn out all right," I didn't believe a word they said. I remember God—and shake my head. I bow my head—then wring my hands. I'm awake all night—not a wink of sleep; I can't even say what's bothering me. I go over the days one by one, I ponder the years gone by. I strum my lute all through the night, wondering how to get my life together.

Jeremiah 31:15
Again, God 's Message: "Listen to this! Laments coming out of Ramah, wild and bitter weeping. It's Rachel weeping for her children, Rachel refusing all solace. Her children are gone, gone—long gone into exile." But God says, "Stop your incessant weeping, hold back your tears. Collect wages from your grief work." God 's Decree. "They'll be coming back home! There's hope for your children." God 's Decree.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I will defend this city to save it,.... Or, "shield it"; and if God will be the shield and protection of any place or people, they must needs be safe; who can hurt them?

For my own sake, and for my servant David's sake; not for the merits of the inhabitants of it, but for the sake of his own name and glory, who had been blasphemed by the Assyrian monarch, and his general; and for the sake of his servant David, in whose seed he had promised the kingdom should be established; see 2 Samuel 7:12 and chiefly for the sake of the Messiah, David's son, and the Lord's servant, who was to spring from Hezekiah's race, and therefore must not be cut off.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I will defend this city - Notwithstanding all that Hezekiah had done to put it in a posture of defense (2 Chronicles 32:1, following) still it was Yahweh alone who could preserve it.

For mine own sake - God had been reproached and blasphemed by Sennacherib. As his name and power had been thus blasphemed, he says that he would vindicate himself, and for the honor of his own insulted majesty would save the city.

And for my servant David’s sake - On account of the promise which he had made to him that there should not fail a man to sit on his throne, and that the city and nation should not be destroyed until the Messiah should appear (see Psalms 132:10-18).